For real?
If true: I always had the impression that modesty is not a virtue often found in China ā¦ or the US - at least one thing you have in common with your new pinko arch-enemy.
Reminds me of an old Calvin and Hobbes strip when Calvin wanted to be known as Boy of Destinyā¦
Of all his titles the best one by far is āChina Low Carbon Emissionā.
Think about it, kids: if you work and study really hard someday you too may grow up to be a low carbon emission.
At first I thought all the censor black bars were on the printed card. Which would have been hilariously appropriate for China.
Only one of the Top 10 Most Honorable Volunteers? Please. That means there are potentially nine volunteers in China who have more honor.
What the heck is a āEnvironmental Preservation Demolition Expertā?
This is nothing. Kim Il Sung was all of those things, plus he could pole vault 50 meters, swim 2 km in icy waters, invent synthetic cloths daily, and provide on-the-spot direction to increase worker productivity.
He blows up buildings/roads and lets the land return to nature? Probably better than the current solution of letting nearly finished office blocks sit empty because nobody wants them.
Trying to decide if this is more or less gauche than calling oneself a public intellectual.
Less.
Heās clearly not that important. Heād have used Pale Nimbus. And it doesnāt even have a watermark.
Sounds like heād get along famously with Thomas Friedman, at any rate.
Who calls themselves a public intellectual? Quick Googling finds no one applying the label to themselves.
Thatās because he invented it, silly. Itās not for nothing that he carries the title of Most Innovative Nomenclaturist in China.
I would be about 10% surprised if this were fake.
I donāt always drink beer, but when I doā¦
No offense, but maybe you should google slower.
the second google result for the term āpublic intellectualā is one guy at MIT going on for nearly 2000 words
searching on the exact phrase āi am a public intellectualā yields many non-ironic utterances.
I am the very model of a public intellectual,
Iāve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
Iām very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem Iām teeming with a lot oā news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
Iām very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a public intellectual!
Sounds like you too are a graduate of this course
We will be exploring a broad range of theories of media and communication across the class, but the primary focus is going to be applied and practical, as students cultivate the skills and understanding required to make meaningful interventions as public intellectuals.
āMost free haircut with purchase of bedroom set at āTom Petersonāsā¦and Gloriaās Tooā.ā
/Most obscure Oregon inside reference from 20 years ago.
